...The white nationalist rally that turned deadly in Charlottesville, Va., August 12, rekindled sentiment to remove Confederate monuments and statues throughout the United States. The immediate call to remove all Confederate statues, plaques and commemoratives is commendable, but not pragmatic. Since the protests, statues have been removed in 22 cities, many of which were not even in Confederate states. These monuments are located in 31 states. Meanwhile, only 11 states in America were Confederate states. The establishment of them across the nation was gradual, and expectation for the removal not to be is not realistic. There are about 700 monuments and currently, the cities in question do not have the funds available nor the unity required....
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...The First Amendment states that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and petition the Government for redress of grievances.” A Unite the Right rally was planned for Saturday, August 12 to protest against the removal of a statue of Confederate icon General Robert E Lee in Charlottesville, Virginia. The day before, on Friday, marchers gathered around the University of Virginia carrying torches and yelling slogans “white lives matter” and “blood and soil.” Protesters gathered again on Saturday, and clashed with counter-demonstrators. A speeding car rammed into anti-racist protesters, killing one and injuring at least 19 others. A...
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...Charlottesville, Virginia was put in a state of emergency on Saturday as chaos tore through the streets with hundreds of people viciously attacking each other. There are still discussions on what cause the outbreak of violence in that town and what groups were involved but one word that keeps describing this tragic event is “terrorism.” The two main sides of the fighting were between right-wing protestors who were banned together by the ideology of white supremacy who gathered together to promote “Unite the Right” and was expected to be the largest gathering of white nationalist. Groups like neo-Nazis, Ku Klux Klan and movement leaders like Richard Spencer and David Duke were present during this rally. On the other side of the spectrum were the counter protestors who sided more left and identified as “anti-fascist.” Although it is unclear what cause the two sides to attack each other, a rally was scheduled to take...
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...Riot In Charlottesville No matter which side of a conflict someone believes in, history will always stay the same and never change. The recent riot in Charlottesville, Virginia represents how there were opinions going against each other, which created a peaceful assembly turn into an out of control riot. To start, the city of Charlottesville wanted to remove a memorial statue of Robert E. Lee, an American general known for commanding the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War. The government in Charlottesville believed that the statue represents slavery and the government does not believe in slavery anymore. However, white supremacists wanted to protest against their decision of removing this statue because they believe...
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...the shores of West Africa and the slave trade began. This led to a period of treating individuals of African descent as lesser human beings. In the centuries that followed, the efforts of civil rights leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks reclaimed some of the lost freedoms of their oppressed people. However, another struggle to ensure equality is underway. The recent events in Charlottesville, Virginia where a fierce fight between White Nationalists and Black Lives Matter protesters over the presence of Confederate monuments across Southern states has quickly revamped the conversation regarding the morality of having Confederate monuments...
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...[pic] Organizers Institute APPLICATION FORM Instructions: Unless otherwise stated, you may use as much space as you need to answer the following questions. Please include the original questions along with your answers when you submit your completed application. Email your completed application with resume to: careers@thedartcenter.org or fax to: (785) 841-2680. 1. Please type your name, today’s date, and how you originally heard about this position. I found out about the Dart Organizers Institute through Internet search engine on Idealist.org. 2. Were you nominated by a scout? If so, please provide the scout’s name, institution, and contact information (not mandatory). No, a scout did not nominate me. 3. Writing Sample: Please read the following statement and answer the question below using between 300-500 words. Community organizing as practiced within the DART network is the process of building powerful congregation-based community organizations to secure a greater degree of justice through organizing large numbers of people. Most of us do not have enough money to negotiate with powerful people and institutions like banks, mayors, police departments, health care systems, or utility companies. Their control of money or public policy often gives them power over us. However, we do have lots of people in our communities who share a mutual interest in seeking just economic and political systems. With large numbers of organized people, we can build a position...
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...These monuments were not established by the city, or by private parties. These monument were never regulated and never approved. “Few if any of the monuments went through any of the approval procedures that we now commonly apply to public art.” (W. Fitzhugh Brundage). The memorials were put up to help protest the change of the southern lifestyle, and were built as propaganda to help advance the southern political agenda. Mark Elliot, a history professor at The University of North Carolina, said “White women were instrumental in raising funds to build these Confederate monuments. The United Daughters of the Confederacy, UDC, was probably the most important and influential group” (Becky Little). Take for example the Confederate equivalent to Mount Rushmore, the Confederate stone carving in...
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...[pic] Organizers Institute APPLICATION FORM Instructions: Unless otherwise stated, you may use as much space as you need to answer the following questions. Please include the original questions along with your answers when you submit your completed application. Email your completed application with resume to: careers@thedartcenter.org or fax to: (785) 841-2680. 1. Please type your name, today’s date, and how you originally heard about this position. 2. Were you nominated by a scout? If so, please provide the scout’s name, institution, and contact information (not mandatory). No, a scout did not nominate me. 3. Writing Sample: Please read the following statement and answer the question below using between 300-500 words. Community organizing as practiced within the DART network is the process of building powerful congregation-based community organizations to secure a greater degree of justice through organizing large numbers of people. Most of us do not have enough money to negotiate with powerful people and institutions like banks, mayors, police departments, health care systems, or utility companies. Their control of money or public policy often gives them power over us. However, we do have lots of people in our communities who share a mutual interest in seeking just economic and political systems. With large numbers of organized people, we can build a position of power in relationship to these institutions. Why would you like to be a part of building power...
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...Distinguishing Features of the Major Court Systems Katie Van Alstine University of Phoenix Distinguishing Features of the Major Court Systems There are two kinds of courts in the United Stated – state courts and federal courts. Each one possesses their own distinguishing features. We will look at the key players at each level as well as jurisdictional rules, interpretation issues as well as the effect of evolving technology on court proceedings at each level. State courts are established by each individual state and within the state there being local courts that are established by cities, counties, and other municipalities. Federal courts, however, are established under the US Constitution and their main focus is to decide disputes involving the Constitution and the laws that have been passed by Congress. Each level of the court system has key players that include but are not limited to the judge, prosecutor, defense attorney and jury. At the state level, both the judge and the prosecutor are elected officials. These individuals are elected for an eight year term by the majority vote of both houses in the General Assembly. For example in the case of Commonwealth of VA vs. George Huguely V, the presiding judge was Honorable Edward L. Hogshire, Judge and the Commonwealth’s Attorney was Warner D. Chapman. Federal judges such as the Supreme Court justices, court of appeals judges and district court judges are all nominated by the President and confirmed by the...
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...Nicknamed the ‘friendly city’, Harrisonburg is a vibrant, active community, filled with a little something for everyone. Away from the everyday traffic of the bigger metro areas, enjoy the cityscape with your choice of eating establishments, artist galleries, weekly farmers markets, festivals, museums, shopping, and various historical features. For the more adventurous just a short drive away are numerous mountain trails, popular ski destinations, high adventure parks, an all season water park, beautiful underground caverns, lakes and waterfalls, and wineries (TripAdvisor 2018). Harrisonburg is both pet and bike friendly. Within the city are bike trails, hiking trails, recreational and sports parks, and the beautiful Edith J. Carrier Arboretum,...
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...Jefferson played an integral role in the creation and signing of the Treaty of Paris, which ended the American Revolution in 1783. Some of his beliefs rubbed off on his protégé, James Madison, who wrote the Constitution. Thomas Jefferson, the third U.S. president and the writer of the Declaration of Independence, was born on in 1743, in Charlottesville, Virginia. Jefferson was born into a very distinguished family of Virginia's planter elite. Jefferson was a proponent of the idea that westward expansion should benefit settlers rather than speculators. He suggested that there would be no indefinite colonies in the expanding American republic. Furthermore, he dictated that all hereditary titles and privileges would be renounced and that the practice...
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...disparities has led to most international business blunders." Donaldson, in the “Case of the Floundering Expatriate” is an unfortunate example of someone who has failed to learn about the cultures around him. When people in organizations cross borders, whether geographic, cultural, or social, communication issues are crucial. The cross-cultural communication assignment will allow us to learn more about these “troublesome variables” and share that learning with the class. The briefings will receive a group grade. Scenario: A social alliance team (for-profit, NGO, social entrepreneurs) will soon head to a regional office in a particular country to meet alliance members there and prepare for work on a poverty project. At headquarters in Charlottesville, your group will brief the team on Monday, April 21st, on communication norms in that country’s culture. The briefing may cover some of the following—dress, time, family and business, meetings, conversations, writing and/or e-mail conventions, gift-giving, taboos, and entertaining/entertainment. We’ll select countries in class on Monday, April 14th. Isolated advice won’t be enough. You’ll need to put that advice into a context that relates to the culture. For example, you might include one or more of the following approaches: • explain the history of the country and its overarching social and/or political traditions that affect many of the “variables” in people’s communication • provide examples of...
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...Jane Delano Research Notes: Connie L. Reeves. "Delano, Jane Arminda"; http://www.anb.org/articles/12/12-00207.html; American National Biography Online Feb. 2000. Access Date: Sat Oct 16 2014 10:04:12 GMT-0700 (PDT) • Born on March 12, 1858 and died in April 15, 1919 • Born in Townsend, New York • Father was a Union soldier who died from yellow fever in 1864 • Her mother married Samuel Thomson and Jane Delano grew up in Montour Falls, New York • She went to a country school and a Cook Academy • Delano went to Bellevue Hospital Training School for Nurses in New York City in 1884 and graduated in 1886 • After Delano graduated she became a head nurse at Bellevue • When the yellow fever epidemic happened in 1888 she was taken out of Bellevue to serve as a superintendent of nurses at Sand Hills Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida •...
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...keep the current flag that contained the Confederate battle cross in the top left corner, or to replace this flag with a new flag that in place of the Confederate battle cross, had a circle of twenty stars to represent being the twentieth state accepted into the union. To many people’s surprise, Mississippi citizens voted to keep the current flag in place of possibly choosing the new flag. The vote was not close- over sixty-four percent of Mississippi citizens voted to keep the 1894 flag, while only thirty-five voted for the new one. This startled many people, as Georgia’s similar vote for a new flag was held that year, and passed with ease. The controversy of the Mississippi flag is not a new topic in the world of politics. In 1991, the city of Piedmont, Alabama had some controversy on whether or not the Confederate symbol should or should not be allowed at schools. Unlike Mississippi, Alabama decided to change their state flag from one that contained the Confederate battle cross to one that instead contained Saint Andrew’s cross. However, many people, including students, decided to continue flying the Confederate flag as a symbol of heritage to their ancestors who had fought in the civil war. When the principal at James F. Byrnes High School chose to fight this decision by prohibiting the Confederate flag, hundreds of students began to deliberately display their flag in protest of this decision. Over one hundred students were suspended, nearly ten percent of the student body...
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...national poverty rate rose to include 13.2 % of the population. Also, 3.5 million people were forced to sleep in parks, shelters, under bridges or in cars. Hunger and homelessness are increasing epidemics plaguing the United States. Because of the high cost of living, high unemployment rates, and low-wage jobs, countless Americans are forced to choose between food, housing, and other expenses. According to recent studies, money is being devoted to rent and utilities rather than food. 35% of the homeless population is families with children, 23% are U.S. military veterans, 25% are children under the age of 18, 20-25% suffers from mental illness and 30% have experienced domestic violence. 19.3 % of homeless people live in New York City and Los Angeles. New York City has been shown to have the highest number of homeless people in the country. The next biggest is Loss Angeles and then Seattle/King County Washington. As a result of doing nothing for the homeless, more people will become homeless. That means, more people sleeping on the streets, dying from hunger, and possibly an even higher crime rate. Economic factors play a huge role in the issue of homelessness. The number one cause of homelessness is the shortage of affordable housing. With such low incomes and low minimum wage workers, food and shelter can’t be afforded. Over the last twenty-five years, the cost of living has gradually increased but workers’ wages and income haven’t been able to keep up the pace. Since the late 1960s...
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